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| Nationality | Canadian | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | September 22, 2002 Fredericton, New Brunswick | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Home town | Moncton, New Brunswick | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Paralympic swimming | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Disability class | S7, SB7, SM7 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Danielle Dorris (born September 22, 2002) [1] is a Canadian Paralympic swimmer. She represented Canada at the 2016, 2020 and 2024 Summer Paralympics, winning back-to-back gold medals in the women's S7 50-metre butterfly in 2020 and 2024.
Dorris was born with bilateral radial dysplasia [2] to parents J.P. (Jean-Pierre) [3] and Wanda. She has a sister, Roxanne. [4] She attended Bernice MacNaughton High School in Moncton. [5]
Dorris began competitive swimming in third grade. [6] When she was 11, she was discovered by Swimming Canada’s para-swimming performance pathway coach, Janet Dunn. She began training with Ryan Allen in Moncton. [7] She trained with the club de natation Bleu et Or (CNBO). [3]
At age 13, Dorris was youngest Canadian swimmer ever to compete at a Paralympic Games in her Paralympic debut at the 2016 Summer Paralympics. [8] Going into the Games, she was ranked 11th and held three national records. [6] She placed fifth in the women's 4x100-metre medley 34 Points and also competed in the 100-metre butterfly S8 and 100-metre backstroke S8, but did not advance to the finals in those events. [9]
Dorris was one of twelve recipients of the Senate of Canada's 2018 Sesquicentennial Medal in the province of New Brunswick, Canada. She received the award for her contributions to Paralympic Swimming and as a mentor to children with disabilities. [10] The Sesquicentennial medals commemorate the 150th anniversary of the Senate of Canada's first sitting on November 6, 1857. [11]
She won four medals at the 2018 Pan Pacific Para Swimming Championships in Cairns, Australia: a silver medal in the women's 100-metre backstroke S8 and bronze medals in the women's 100-metre butterfly S8, women's 200-metre individual medley S8, and as part of the women's 4x100-metre medley relay team. At the Pan Pacific Para Swimming Championships, she set Canadian records in the backstroke and butterfly with times of 1:23.59 and 1:18.20 respectively. [12] Dorris made her World Para Swimming Championships debut in 2019. [13]
Dorris represented Canada at the 2020 Summer Paralympics and won a silver medal in the 100 metre backstroke S7 event and a gold medal in the 50 metre butterfly S7 event. [14] [15] [1] She set the world record in the S7 50-metre butterfly in the heats with a time of 33.51, then broke that record in the finals with a time of 32.99, becoming the first S7 swimmer ever to race the 50-metre butterfly in under 33 seconds. At the 2020 Paralympics, she also placed fourth in the 200-metre individual medley SM7, finishing five hundredths of a second behind the bronze medalist. [16] In 2021 & 2023, Sport New Brunswick named Dorris the "Female Athlete of the Year", awarding her the Konika Minolta Sports Award. [17] [18]
She won gold in the women's S7 50-metre butterfly, her first gold at a World Championships with a championship-record time of 34.01 seconds, and silver in the S7 100-metre backstroke at the 2022 World Para Swimming Championships. [19] At the 2023 World Para Swimming Championships in Manchester, England, she won gold in the women's S7 100-metre backstroke and S7 50-metre butterfly and bronze in the SM7 200 individual medley. [20] [21]
Dorris successfully defended her title in women's S7 50-metre butterfly at the 2024 Summer Paralympics, winning gold in 32.66 seconds. [22] Also at the 2024 Paralympics, she placed sixth in the women's 200 m individual medley SM7.
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